I never knew....

[gottasnap]

There is an old mining area near where I live that is now somewhat of a nature preserve. Beautiful area. I never knew it was there. Lots of wildlife.
I have always wanted to get a shot of a dragonfly.

[Hayward Taylor]

Hi Becky - not one but three of them .. a jackpot .. the exposure on all 3photos is spot on .. very well photographed

[mad editor]

Beautiful dragonflies. I don;t see many of them here. Beautiful composition and DOF. I like #2 the best.

[Bernzfotos]

1st class shots - like them all. Cheers, Bernz

[Angelb]

Beautiful clear shots. Fantastic detail and DOF.

[lindyannajones]

These are great, Becky, and best enjoyed, enlarged, on your Flickr site. You piqued my curiosity about Dragonflies I ended up at Wiki. I wondered if they just hung around to delight the eye or they worked for a living. They work--they consume mosquitoes. Thanks for the side trip. Your first DF looks like it should be called Tigerfly. The wings are just beautiful...well....they all are. Good for you!

[mpascal]

These are great, love the second one.

Michael

[gottasnap]

Thank you all for your comments. And Lindy, thanks for that information. I didn't know they were the ones to thank for keeping the mosquito population down! But I have always thought they were fascinating and beautiful with so many varieties of them. But, I always have so much trouble capturing things that move so fast! The lake we found today had so many of them, we could just stand still and one would eventually land right in front of us!

[scootsmom]

These are beautiful! The last one is awesome. I never knew what they really looked like up close until I found one to shoot and few days ago. They are strange looking creatures, but fun to shoot. Great job!!

Allyson